Gender

Out of Eden Walk
How gender shapes a global walk
8:13
LGBTQ
From San Francisco to a Dutch refugee camp: Why transgender Americans are fleeing home
6:13
Women & Gender
South Korean women are calling their leaders to account 
5:34
Japan in Focus
Women fight for respect in Japan’s sumo rings 
9:09
Uganda Women Birders tackles limiting gender taboos by giving women the experience and resources they need to prove they can do the job.
Jobs
‘Birds are everywhere!’ Women bird guides in Uganda set a global example
Nathalie Vilgrain, sixth from left, is the head of Marijàn, a feminist organization in Port-Au-Prince that is sheltering about 150 women who have been displaced by sexual violence.
Sexual violence
In Haiti, sexual violence is devastating women and girls
Clarissa Bitar plays the oud, a classic string instrument.
Movement
How the oud brought this Palestinian American musician closer to their culture, family and history
The site of a music festival near the border with the Gaza Strip in southern Israel, on Thursday, Oct. 12, 2023.
Israel-Hamas war
Rape is ‘the most neglected war crime,’ sexual violence expert says
Pope Francis arrives for leading a prayer for peace inside St. Peter's Basilica, at The Vatican, Friday, Oct. 27, 2023. 
Sacred Nation
Roman Catholic Church remains inconclusive about reforms for women, LGBTQ after monthlong meeting wraps
Intricate carvings adorn the marble pillars inside a Jain temple in Ahmedabad, western India. Jainism is an ancient religion whose followers often renounce the world to lead a life of extreme austerity. Most of them are women, some as young as 8.
Sacred Nation
‘Happiness is in your hands’: Young Jain women continue to renounce the world
portrait photo of a woman
Planet Hip Hop
‘She is the evolution of reggaeton’: The rise of trans Puerto Rican artist Villano Antillano
Women rush out of a train during peak hours at Churchgate station in Mumbai, India, Monday, March 20, 2023.
Jobs
Indian women do less paid work. It’s bad news for the economy.
The capital Quito is the city in Ecuador that has received the biggest numbers of Venezuelan migrants. 
LGBTQ
As Ecuador’s political crisis deepens, Venezuelan LGBTQ migrants feel the pain
woman facing camera
Women & Gender
A traditional Iranian sport has been closed off to women. One activist wants to change that.
close-up shot of Honduran President Castro wearing a mask
Leaders
Honduras’ first female leader faces tough times
wall with women's faces marked out
Afghanistan
Women in Afghanistan are devastated by the Taliban’s ban on beauty salons
two women
#MeToo
‘It’s time that we face the issue’: #MeToo movement gains momentum in Taiwan
two men and a baby
Italy debates new anti-surrogacy law 
Photo of Taiwan's Vice President Lai Ching-te
#MeToo
Taiwan’s political parties beset by sexual harassment allegations
black and white image of four people
Historians are learning more about how the Nazis targeted trans people
Bollywood actresses from left, Siddhi Idnani, Yogita Bihani, Sonia Balani, Adah Sharma and producer Vipul Amrutlal Shah during a press conference for the movie "The Kerala Story" in Mumbai, India, May 17, 2023.
Media
Is the fictional film ‘The Kerala Story’ cautionary or propaganda?
In this photo provided by The Federation Council of The Federal Assembly of The Russian Federation Press Service, lawmakers of Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation listen to the national anthem at a session in Moscow, Russi
LGBTQ
In Russia, a novel about a summer romance between two men sparks outrage
Belongings of Halima Ali Maiyanga and Maryam Ali Maiyanga, two of the young women kidnapped by Boko Haram in a boarding school in Chibok, Nigeria, in April 2014.
Conflict & Justice
‘The Stolen Daughters of Chibok’: the impact of the abduction of Nigerian schoolgirls 9 years on
book on surface
Lifestyle & Belief
‘Can we reject these labels?’: A new book questions how patriarchy became the norm.
Bogota has trained more than 500 police officers to respond to cases of gender-based violence, known as the purple patrol.
Sexual violence
In Colombia’s capital, the ‘purple patrol’ fights sexual harassment on crowded buses
In this Wednesday, June 29, 2011, photo, Henrik Holgersson puts a shoe on his son.
Critical State
Founding fatherhood: Part I
A classroom that previously was used for girls sits empty in Kabul, Afghanistan, Dec. 22, 2022.
Afghanistan
He spoke out against banning girls’ education. The Taliban silenced him.
woman in auditorium
Gender
New Cate Blanchett film ‘Tár’ divides opinion among female conductors 
Namibia Flores was the only female boxer in Cuba for years. She has been training for almost two decades, with the dream of representing Cuba at the Olympics. 
Sports
Cuba to allow women boxers to compete after decades of restrictions
About 120,000 people took part in Pride celebrations in Taipei on Saturday, Oct. 29.
LGBTQ
Taiwan celebrates LGBTQ pride as activists push for further progress
a girl in a classroom
Afghanistan
‘We are erased’: The fight to reopen girls secondary schools in Afghanistan continues
A dramatic rise in the number of women drugged against their will in France has young people watching their drinks carefully.
Sexual violence
Needle-spiking trend in Europe alarms nightclubbers — especially women
Hu Xin and He Yan Xin as seen in the film "Hidden Letters"
Language
These women are trying to preserve an ancient Chinese language invented as a secret code
A group of women's rights activists with a sign reading "Abortion Without Borders" protesting Poland's strict anti-abortion law, outside the top constitutional court, in Warsaw, Poland, Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2022.
Abortion
Poland’s ‘pregnancy registry’ will further restrict abortion access, activists say
V Sailakshmi, 39, says sex work helped pay for her sister's wedding and for her father's funeral
Women & Gender
‘We are demanding full decriminalization’: Sex workers in India rally for labor rights
In this photo taken Wednesday, April 13, 2011, a graffiti against revealing the gender of unborn fetuses stands outside a clinic in Morena in the Central Indian State of Madhya Pradesh. 
Abortion
India’s abortion law still lacks a rights-based approach, gynecologist says
Volunteers waiting for refugees from Ukraine stand at information desks at the main train station in Berlin, Germany, Tuesday, March 15, 2022. 
Ukraine
Ukraine’s LGBTQ community finds refuge in Berlin
Protesters gather outside Poland's Constitutional Tribunal in Warsaw, Poland, on Nov.6, 2021, to protest against the restrictive abortion laws after a woman died of complications during her pregnancy. 
Abortion
This Polish activist sent abortion pills to a woman in need. Now she’s on trial.
‘Inventing Anna’ is based on Anna Sorokin, who in this photo appears in the New York State Supreme Court on grand larceny charges.
Gender
The art of the con: ‘Inventing Anna,’ ‘The Tinder Swindler’ and gender
In Viladrau's town center, where 14 women out of a town of 100 were accused of witchcraft and executed.
Justice
Catalonia pardons women accused of witchcraft 400 years ago
A pregnant woman wearing a face mask and gloves holds her belly as she waits in line for groceries at St. Mary's Church in Waltham, Mass.
Coronavirus Conversations
Discussion: The pandemic, women’s health and pregnancy
A health worker administers a vaccination to a child during a polio campaign in the old part of Kabul, Afghanistan, June 15, 2021. UN agencies are gearing up to vaccinate all of Afghanistan’s children under 5 against polio after the Taliban agreed to the
Afghanistan
An upcoming vaccine drive in Afghanistan is an ‘unprecedented opportunity’ to eradicate polio, UN official says
A man and a women sit on the grass together at twilight
Gender
When romance meets ratios
Arm holds up an American flag and a pride flag outside the US Supreme Court
LGBTQ
How gay marriage won in the US
Activists of the "Unione Donne Sammarinesi" San Marino's women union camp celebrate in San Marino, Sept. 26, 2021, the victory in a referendum to decriminalize abortion in certain circumstances.
Abortion
San Marino votes to legalize abortion, ending a 150-year-old ban
Afghan women and children sit in front of a bakery waiting for bread donations in Kabul's Old City, Afghanistan, on Sept. 16, 2021.
Afghanistan
‘It is a catastrophe’: Afghans are in desperate need of food, humanitarian aid, refugee worker says
Newly trained female officers from the Afghan National Army sit in front seats as a new batch of officers attend their graduation ceremony at National Army's training center in Kabul on Sept. 23, 2010. 
Afghanistan
Two decades of war and daily life in Afghanistan
A woman surrounded by other people writes on a white placard
Sexual violence
Protesters in India call for justice for Dalit women who are victims of sexual violence
Social media accounts of LGBTQ student groups and feminist activists have been shut down in China.
Lifestyle & Belief
Feminist activists in China speak out against online censorship despite government pushback
Protesters chant slogans against the government's decision to withdraw from Istanbul Convention
LGBTQ
Hundreds protest Turkey’s withdrawal from treaty to prevent violence against women
Doctors for Choice in Malta gather to advocate for a bill to decriminalize abortion in Malta.
Reproductive rights
Abortion is illegal in Malta. Activists are trying to increase access.
Video still from a Tik Tok video
Sexual violence
This teen’s TikTok video takes on Malaysia’s toxic culture of misogyny
A woman stands in an abandoned building with light coming through the window.
Critical State
Sexual violence in conflict: Part II
Woman in blue outfit holding up her arms
Women & Gender
Women in Afghanistan push for rights and more representation amid ongoing talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban
A pregnant person wearing a red shirt holds her belly, wearing a face mask and gloves.
Commentary
For pregnant women, getting the COVID-19 jab is a challenging choice
A child looks up at a TV screen with several apps to choose from at his home in New Delhi, India.
Arts, Culture & Media
India’s ‘streaming dream’ may dim with new digital regulations
The rainbow flag, a symbol of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community, flies over the British Government Cabinet Offices building, in central London, Friday, March 28, 2014.
Gender
More transgender people are hiding their identity at work in the UK. Why?
In this Jan. 8, 2019, file photo, US Army troops training to serve as instructors participate in the new Army combat fitness test at the 108th Air Defense Artillery Brigade compound at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. 
Military
Gender matters in the military: Part II
The stories of women ostracized by their family and community after being wrongly accused of witchcraft can be heard on a new album called "I've forgotten now who I used to be." 
Music
New album lifts up the voices of ostracized women in northern Ghana’s ‘witch camps’
Military men and women exercise in a field.
Critical State
Gender matters in the military